Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . the leaveswere finished with gold, and part of the stumps of tlie trees looked likethe gilding of the sun. I never saw a piece of work so prettily fancied,and am ([uite angry with myself for not having the same thought, for it isinfinitely handsomer than mine, and could not cost much more. In a moment of gloom the writer of this description says, I grow sick of the word fine and all its appurtenances. TheDuc
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . the leaveswere finished with gold, and part of the stumps of tlie trees looked likethe gilding of the sun. I never saw a piece of work so prettily fancied,and am ([uite angry with myself for not having the same thought, for it isinfinitely handsomer than mine, and could not cost much more. In a moment of gloom the writer of this description says, I grow sick of the word fine and all its appurtenances. TheDuchess of Queensberry, however, was not always fine; shearrived on one occasion at a party in a mob and white hoodpinned close under her chin, yellow mohair gown, no ruftles, onlylittle frills sewed to her shift, no hoop, a tumbled apron, and hei-capuchin (hood) dangling round her It was a period in which fancy-dress balls were popular and the pursuit of pleasure at the masquerade was had disapproved of masquerades, and would not allowHeidegger, the famous opera manager (p. 121), to introducethem. In 171G Chesterfield writes to Dodington that balls, 188 THE AGE OF WALPOLE. [1714-1742 assemblies, and masquerades take the place of the dull formalvisiting-da\-s of Amies time. The masquerades were at lirstlield at the Kings Theatre in the Haymarket, and subscription-tickets were bought at Whites Chocolate House. Every effortAvas made to conline the audience to the quality and toprevent drunkenness and disorder, but without success. TheGrand Jury presented the Kings Theatre in its list of nuisances, conceiving the same to be an unlawful design to carry ongaming. In 1726 the Bishop of London preached againstmasquerades in Bow Church before the Society for the Reform-ation of ]\Ianners. A royal proclamation was issued againstthem, but as the king and prince attended them, and asHeideosrer was made Master of the Revels, thev continued infashion, under
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